Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Kansas City Royals
Minnesota Twins
Houston Astros
LA Angels
Oakland Athleticss
Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
Atlanta Braves
Miami Marlins
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
Washington Nationals
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Milwaukee Brewers
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Arizona Diamondbacks
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
2014 TBL Power Rankings 3.0
Huge Disclaimer: I believe I have a pretty firm grasp of MSL and how everything functions. I do not have the slightest grasp of any aspect of TBL, so these ratings could be so completely off, it's not even funny. Well, it might be funny in the end, actually. But as with everything else, we do these power rankings in order of worst to first. Updates will occur every 2 sims.
24. New York (A) - they have a team..?
23. Seattle - appears to not be a very good team, but hey, they signed Chad Cordero!
22. St. Louis - they traded away a lot of talent in the offseason, and they weren't that good to begin with, so maybe they'll push for a top pick
21. Pittsburgh - still not a very good team and could easily compete for the top pick again but they added several warm bodies that could produce, at least up until July 31st
20. San Diego - I don't know if they even know they're in the league, but they are and it's a weird team. Somehow Tim Lincecum strikes out a gabillion people.
19. Toronto - they will be higher, a lot higher, if their GM ever realizes most of their talent is wasted in AAA. Cue karmic talent losses to those players.
18. Detroit - they do not have a lot of significant players at the Major League level, depth will short circut any chance at a winning record
17. Atlanta - they are attempting to rebuild but still have enough talent on the roster to at least put a dent in the proceedings of the Mets and Phillies
16. Cincinnati - they have a mish mash of talent, but lack of an outfield and stable end of the pen will dampen consistency
15. Kansas City - it'll depend on how much further they rebuild, they still have enough talent to be interesting, and they still have Cy Humber.
14. Baltimore - chronic underachievers despite wealth of talent, has been attempting to trade everyone on roster but it remains mostly in tact. The front line pitching gives them a long shot at the wild card
13. San Francisco - they have turned over a lot on the offense and are trying to move their ace and closer, so they could drop further down the standings. They are reloading, most of which is on offense.
12. Anaheim - sometimes it is difficult to follow what direction they are wanting to go in but they did upgrade their rotation a little with Darvish and have a lot of power in the lineup to challenge for the wild card.
11. New York (N) - the talent exists, but lack of management and direction can seriously hinder a good team. It's hard to say how well they'll do until the GM returns or is replaced.
10. Philadelphia - do they have enough pitching to take the division? That'll be the season-long question. One advantage they have, is that New York has been dormant.
9. Los Angeles - if Biddle takes the next step, this could be a real sleeper pick, they haven't traded off much talent and boast a potentially potent lineup
8. Chicago (N) - this is the averaged ranking after having several people rank me. I've made extensive changes to the entire roster in an effort to make that leap into contention. OR at least beat Minnesota.
7. Oakland - could be their year with San Franciso reloading, having more depth on offense while maintaining decent enough pitching. Wacha should be up this season
6. Minnesota - balanced offense, enhanced by the ridiculousness of Billy Hamilton, lost starting pitching and only runs 3 deep as this moment.
5. Boston - OOTP works in mysterious ways, because, they got on a roll to end the season and rolled to the world series after perhaps their best hitter was lost for the year. McPherson returns.
4. Chicago (A) - quiet offseason for a team that narrowly missed out on the wildcard, aside from the fact that Justin Upton gained back talent... /fear
3. Arizona - I am only dropping them to this spot due to Germano's early injury and the huge unknown of Jacoby Ellsbury (see 2013 stat line, prepare to have mind blown). I expect them to be #1 soon after.
2. Cleveland - they have had to cut costs a little bit in effort to stay under the salary cap level but it has allowed them to address a variety of needs.
1. Washington - they may not be as dominate as they've pawned off some pieces to free up some cap room, however, they've also managed to upgrade their infield holes in the process.
Register To Reply
Originally Posted by Kingdom
